| Year | G | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | HR | RBI | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | .189 | .243 | .297 | .540 | 1 | 4 | −0.1 |
| 2025 | 38 | .201 | .261 | .318 | .579 | 3 | 12 | 0.1 |
| 2026 ST | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
The Only Real Center Fielder. The Bar Is Low. He Still Has to Clear It.
When Mike Trout is not in center field — which, based on recent history, will happen — the Angels have a problem. Bryce Teodosio is their answer to that problem. He is 23, he can cover ground in center, and he has been working on adding a bunt game to make himself harder to defend. That last part is telling: this is a player who knows his value is defensive and is trying to manufacture offensive ways to stay in lineups.
The competition for the backup center field job is Teodosio against Jose Siri, a non-roster invitee who was 2-for-15 in his first week of spring. Neither is an inspiring option. But the job exists regardless of who takes it, and Teodosio has a real advantage in the range and routes department — the parts of center field that keep opponents from scoring, not the parts that put runs on the board for you.
The Angels needed a real center fielder this offseason. They did not get one. If Trout spends time on the injured list again — and history says the odds are not zero — Teodosio will be covering center field on a team that is trying to make the playoffs. That is the honest situation, and it is a thin one.
He earned his spot in the Opening Day projection. That is real. The rest of it depends on whether he can hit enough to keep the lineup from going into total freefall whenever Trout sits.